Archive for June, 2012
Older Jobless People Forced to Take Social Security Early
June 11th, 2012Via: New York Times: Even as most Americans are delaying retirement to bolster their savings accounts, the recession and its protracted aftermath have forced many older people who are out of work to draw Social Security much earlier than they had planned. According to an analysis by Steve Goss, chief actuary for the Social Security […]
U.S. Returning to Military Bases in Philippines
June 11th, 2012Via: Stars and Stripes: The Philippine government said this week that the United States military is again welcome to use Subic Bay and the sprawling Clark Air Base, two decades after the installations were abandoned due to political friction with Manila, according to media reports. Philippine Defense Undersecretary Honorio Azcueta said U.S. troops, ships and […]
Eurozone Agrees to Lend Spain Up to 100 Billion Euros
June 10th, 2012Via: Reuters: Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) to shore up its teetering banks and Madrid said it would specify precisely how much it needs once independent audits report in just over a week. After a 2 1/2-hour conference call of the 17 finance […]
Australia: Mental Illness Check for Toddlers
June 10th, 2012Oh sure. Via: The Age: THREE-YEAR-OLDS will be screened for early signs of mental illness in a new federal government program that uses behaviours such as sleeping with the light on, having temper tantrums or extreme shyness as signs of possible psychological problems. The ”Healthy Kids Check” will be predominantly conducted by GPs, with children […]
Argentina: Capital Controls
June 9th, 2012Via: Reuters: Argentine banks have seen a third of their U.S. dollar deposits withdrawn since November as savers chase greenbacks in response to stiffening foreign exchange restrictions, local banking sources said on Friday. Depositors withdrew a total of about $100 million per day over the last month in a safe-haven bid fueled by uncertainty over […]
UBS May Have Facebook Trading Loss of $350 Million
June 8th, 2012Who keeps pulling the trigger without confirmation? What a bunch of idiots. Via: CNBC: UBS is sitting on losses that could be as high as $350 million stemming from its investment in the Facebook initial public offering, and is preparing legal action against Nasdaq as a result, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. That […]
Government Protected Pedophile Ring in Scotland
June 8th, 2012Via: Hollie Demands Justice: In the summer of 2000, Hollie told her mother, Anne, that she had been repeatedly sexually abused by her father, Denis Charles Mackie and brother Greg. The abuse had begun when Hollie was just six years` old. Hollie said that Greg had also been abused by his father. Anne Greig reported […]
DARPA Wants Robots to Manufacture Military Uniforms
June 8th, 2012Via: Wired: The company on the receiving end of Darpa’s award, SoftWear Automation Inc., has so far developed “a conceptual” version of just the automated system that the agency’s after. The basic principle behind the company’s innovation, according to its website, is a robotic system that relies on an extremely precise monitoring of a given […]
Marketing: ‘Zombie Bullets’ In High Demand Following Flesh-Eating Attacks
June 8th, 2012Via: CBS: Talk about zombies and a possible zombie apocalypse has increased due to recent gory accounts of drug-induced, flesh-eating attacks in the news. Stores across the U.S., including in Metro Detroit, are getting in on the undead action by selling Zombie Bullets, made by Hornady Manufacturing. In promoting the product on their website, Hornady […]
10 Ray Bradbury Predictions That Came True
June 8th, 2012Via: Bangor Daily News: The literary, tech and thinking worlds are mourning the loss of Ray Bradbury, the revered science-fiction writer who died Wednesday at age 91. Bradbury, best known for his 1953 novel “Fahrenheit 451,” used his imagination to take a hard look at a world locked in a growing love affair with technology. […]
